WikiLeaks To Provide Tech Companies With Info On CIA Hacking Tools

The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange held a press conference on Thursday morning to announce that they will be giving information they have obtained on the CIA’s hacking capabilities to tech companies.

Assange said the organization will give details to let technology companies “develop fixes” before the information is published more widely, USA Today reported.

“We have decided to work with them,” Assange said during an online press conference on Thursday. “To give them some exclusive access to some of the technical details we have, so that fixes can be pushed out.”

On Tuesday, WikiLeaks released what is being tagged across social media as “Vault 7,” a collection of CIA hacking tools, engineering notes, communications, and methods used by the intelligence agency to covertly gather information.

There is no proof that these methods are being used on American citizens, at this point. The stated purpose of any hacking program would be to gather information from foreign agencies that may be a threat to U.S. security.